5A Region 6 Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances from Thursday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Lote Sotele's Big Game Leads West over East
Starting off the list is West's Lote Sotele, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Sotele rushed for 203 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.5 yards per carry, and also picked up 60 receiving yards and a touchdown. Sotele is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 154 every time he's taken the field this season.
The victory (which was West's third in a row) raised their record to 5-4. Sotele and West will square off against Brighton at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Gamescore: 61.42
Tucker Brown Turns in Season-Best Performance
Alta was led to victory by Tucker Brown, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Brown threw for 325 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 13.0 yards per attempt, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground, good enough to also set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
For the year, Brown has thrown 21 touchdowns while averaging 249.7 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 48.57
West Gets a Boost from Lopati in 48-19 Victory
Another West player making an appearance on this list is Kamden Lopati. He threw for 318 yards and two touchdowns while completing 72% of his passes, and also rushed for 60 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. His passing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 318 passing yards dating back to last season.
On the season, Lopati has thrown 25 touchdowns (and and only 4 picks) while averaging 335 passing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 11.78 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 44.30
Alex Degroot Delivers Best Effort of Season
Alex Degroot produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Brighton to the win on Thursday. Degroot threw for 290 yards and four touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes.
Brighton pushed their record up to 8-1 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. Degroot and Brighton will stay at home for another week and welcome West at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Gamescore: 35.13
A Season-Best Effort from Kisi Fonua Leads West over East
West was led to victory by Kisi Fonua, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Fonua picked up three sacks and made eight total tackles (5.0 for loss).
This year, Fonua has averaged 3 total tackles per game and for the season has 5 sacks.
Gamescore: 32.50
Other Notable Players
- Matt Mckea: 158 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 1 TD rushing (Gamescore: 29.67)
- Lava Vailahi: 14 total tackles (Gamescore: 29.50)
- Cash Gay: 139 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 26.40)
- Takeshi Savery: 2 sacks and 8 total tackles (4.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 25.75)
- Louie Hamilton: 95 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 23.08)
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